The backup export seems like you might have to be an Admin to use it, which might not work for everyone. The REST API requires direct access to the server and login credentials for it, which wouldn't work if the server is behind a firewall, or simply people don't want to share their credentials.

And it gives the issues in XML format but I guess it is limited to 100, maybe there would be a way to paginate through all the issues. When clicking on the JSON format, it says that we require admin access.

Anyways, since XML is a format that seems to be widely supported by JIRA when we export; I'm going to try parse it and save it into Allura. We can explore into what would be the best way to approach bulk importing. The backup option seems to be the easiest but as you pointed out, would only be available to an admin user. Export link seems to work, and would require automating the process using a user account.

Will need to look into the REST API and see what would be the most convenient and decide if we want to offer both or just one single method.

Last edit: Rohan Verma 2016-08-29

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